NCAA Selection Show - MSU #6 paired with #11 Stanford

[starkvegasdawg]

Top four seeds announced
We aren't one of them.

[starkvegasdawg]

UCLA
Vandy
UGA
Ga Tech

[HoopsDawg]

gotta be our non-conference SOS which is 200. Need to schedule less SWAC teams in the future.

[TNDawg35]

Total Bullshit....

[KOdawg1]

I think the way we finished might have cost us. That's the only reason I can come up with. Not necessarily from a W-L standpoint, but just how we looked in the last few games.

[GreenheadDawg]

Ga. A team that we swept. Haha

[Quaoarsking]

gotta be our non-conference SOS which is 200. Need to schedule less SWAC teams in the future.

Yeah, that's the worst of anyone in the top 30

[AlSwearengen]

Bullshit. We may not be the best 4 right now, but we earned it during the season. Hope we use it as motivation and wear some asses out.

[KOdawg1]

Arky is ahead of us

[MetEdDawg]

Our non conference SOS is pretty terrible. Youngstown State and Maine did us zero favors.

But Georgia Tech above us and Arkansas? That's an absolute joke. But it pretty much guarantees we won't be matched up with LSU or OM. No way either of them is a 9-12 seed

[DownwardDawg]

#6. Wow

[DownwardDawg]

Lol. Ole miss

[msstate7]

Don't let anyone tell you the sec tourney doesn't matter. I think om and LSU earned a host spot there. I also think us and ark played our way out of a top 4 seed

[BrunswickDawg]

Ole miss a 12? They are monkeying with matchups

[KOdawg1]

How the hell is Ole Miss #12?

[Quaoarsking]

I'm glad we're 6th and not 4th or 5th, personally.

[TNDawg35]

Shit. We got Stanford

[HoopsDawg]

So we are matched with Stanford.

[MetEdDawg]

OM at #12 is a complete joke

[MetEdDawg]

Shit. We got Stanford

They are very overrated. And they didn't play a particularly difficult schedule either. 59 SOS and they are 9-6 against Q1. This is a very solid draw for us.

[KOdawg1]

Stanford doesn't scare me

[GreenheadDawg]

Stanford is a good draw actually.

[TNDawg35]

So LSU got UGA and Ark has Ole Miss.

[Commercecomet24]

They are very overrated. And they didn't play a particularly difficult schedule either. 59 SOS and they are 9-6 against Q1. This is a very solid draw for us.

I agree. Watched Stanford play a lot this year, it's a good draw for us.

[TNDawg35]

Florida going to Texas Tech.

[BrunswickDawg]

I have yet to understand why we even look at stuff like RPI if selection committees aren't going to use it (in any sport).

[msstate7]

So LSU got UGA and Ark has Ole Miss.

Told ya, Q

[TNDawg35]

Ole Miss got it easy. Clemson and Illinois

[Marvin]

Good draw so far.

[TNDawg35]

Arizona state going to LSU along with Southern Miss. That’s brutal.

[MetEdDawg]

Ole Miss got it easy. Clemson and Illinois

Illinois was pushing for a host spot 2 weeks ago. That's not an easy draw

[TNDawg35]

I got a feeling we getting Miami

[Quaoarsking]

Told ya, Q

Fair enough. It definitely looks like they are intentionally setting up intra-conference super regionals.

But I would still disagree that it's a targeted screwjob on the SEC. LSU and Ole Miss shouldn't be hosting anyway, and wouldn't if there were some kind of anti-SEC bias in the Committee.

[Commercecomet24]

Fair enough. It definitely looks like they are intentionally setting up intra-conference super regionals.

But I would still disagree that it's a targeted screwjob on the SEC. LSU and Ole Miss shouldn't be hosting anyway, and wouldn't if there were some kind of anti-SEC bias in the Committee.

Yeah when just about every team in the sec gets in there's bound to be some super matchups that would be all sec.

[msbulldog]

At least we didn't get paired up wit LSU.

[Saltydog]

Don't let anyone tell you the sec tourney doesn't matter. I think om and LSU earned a host spot there. I also think us and ark played our way out of a top 4 seed

I think the committee uses that kind of stuff conveniently when they want too. Some years it hasn't mattered and obviously this year it did. #politics

[msstate7]

Yeah when just about every team in the sec gets in there's bound to be some super matchups that would be all sec.

Om is a 12-seed. They specifically lined up ark and om

[Bothrops]

Stanford doesn't scare me, UCLA, Vandy and Arkansas would.

[Commercecomet24]

Om is a 12-seed. They specifically lined up ark and om

And I don't have any problem with it. There's gonna be some cross conferences supers no matter what, to many teams involved.

[Quaoarsking]

I think the committee uses that kind of stuff conveniently when they want too. Some years it hasn't mattered and obviously this year it did. #politics

Yep. In every sport, the Committee just does whatever they want for any reason, and then makes up a justification for it.

[msbulldog]

Boy D1 and BA blew their predictions.

[Quaoarsking]

Also, TCU got in, and they weren't even in the "First 5 out" on d1b. Talking heads on Twitter are confused.

TCU has RPI of 59, and is 22-23 (!) against Q1/Q2/Q3.

[Marvin]

Ethan Small vs Miami

[HoopsDawg]

Toughest 2 seed in the tournament.

[BrunswickDawg]

Wow - our bracket is light - Southern, CMU and Miami

[Activated Alpha]

Delete

[Quaoarsking]

Ethan Small vs Miami

Agreed. Plumlee/Small/Ginn no matter who the opponents are.

[HoopsDawg]

Peyton Plumlee get loose for Southern. Or hell, Brandon Smith.

[Commercecomet24]

Agreed. Plumlee/Small/Ginn no matter who the opponents are.

Agreed

[Cooterpoot]

I like our draw. Miami is young and pitching thin. SU should be an easy W.

[Commercecomet24]

I think overall we got a great draw. Now we just have to take care of our business. Do what we are supposed to do we are back in Omaha.

[MarketingBully]

That’s what happens when you get blown out 12-2 to a shit team. You get knocked down 3 spots to a 6 seed and get in a much tougher bracket to get to Omaha. Last week mattered.

[MarketingBully]

Also, TCU got in, and they weren't even in the "First 5 out" on d1b. Talking heads on Twitter are confused.

TCU has RPI of 59, and is 22-23 (!) against Q1/Q2/Q3.

TCU shouldn’t of got in.

[Quaoarsking]

That?s what happens when you get blown out 12-2 to a shit team. You get knocked down 3 spots to a 6 seed and get in a much tougher bracket to get to Omaha. Last week mattered.

You really think our bracket is harder now?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7lk7r4XkAEE7OM.jpg

[KOdawg1]

Well, the conference tournaments mattered this year.

[MarketingBully]

I think overall we got a great draw. Now we just have to take care of our business. Do what we are supposed to do we are back in Omaha.

Miami and Stanford? Meh, we are going to have to earn our way to Omaha. Playing the way we did last week did us no favors.

[Commercecomet24]

Miami and Stanford? Meh, we are going to have to earn our way to Omaha. Playing the way we did last week did us no favors.

Have you watched Miami and Stanford ? I have. We have a great draw.

ETA and you always have to earn your way to Omaha.

[Covercorner2]

You really think our bracket is harder now?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7lk7r4XkAEE7OM.jpg

IF we get to Omaha, Vandy is the only team on our whole side of the bracket that scares me. The other side is stacked (UCLA, Arkansas, UGA, OM, LSU, etc).

[MetEdDawg]

Toughest 2 seed in the tournament.

Negative

[preachermatt83]

They are very overrated. And they didn't play a particularly difficult schedule either. 59 SOS and they are 9-6 against Q1. This is a very solid draw for us.

Outstanding draw from the other side for sure. I don?t think Stanford will even win their own regional. UC Santa Barbara is better.

[MarketingBully]

Have you watched Miami and Stanford ? I have. We have a great draw.

ETA and you always have to earn your way to Omaha.

Had we just beat a walk-on, we’d of been a 3 seed imo. Getting shit kicked knocked us down 3 spots.

[preachermatt83]

Ole Miss got it easy. Clemson and Illinois

Clemson is legit.

[MetEdDawg]

Have you watched Miami and Stanford ? I have. We have a great draw.

ETA and you always have to earn your way to Omaha.

You can tell a lot of folks on here don't actually watch a lot of college baseball. They see names and think history and don't actually watch the teams. Miami is a good team but I would much rather play them than TAMU or NC State

[Commercecomet24]

You can tell a lot of folks on here don't actually watch a lot of college baseball. They see names and think history and don't actually watch the teams. Miami is a good team but I would much rather play them than TAMU or NC State

My thoughts exactly. They just look at the names and no absolutely nothing about the current teams

[Commercecomet24]

Had we just beat a walk-on, we’d of been a 3 seed imo. Getting shit kicked knocked us down 3 spots.

Has more to do with our OOC strength of schedule than the sec tournament

[MarketingBully]

You can tell a lot of folks on here don't actually watch a lot of college baseball. They see names and think history and don't actually watch the teams. Miami is a good team but I would much rather play them than TAMU or NC State

I don’t think you get it. Playing like shit knocked us down 3 spots which means had we gone two and Q we probably aren’t a national seed. The conference tournament mattered this year. We need to start playing like it does. Hopefully we can turn it back on and we hit. If we play like we did last week, it really doesn’t matter who we are paired up with.

[MarketingBully]

Has more to do with our OOC strength of schedule than the sec tournament

Nope, all the teams above us all went further in their conference tournament plus none of them got run ruled. Last week and eye tests mattered to this committee.

[Quaoarsking]

I don’t think you get it. Playing like shit knocked us down 3 spots which means had we gone two and Q we probably aren’t a national seed. The conference tournament mattered this year. We need to start playing like it does. Hopefully we can turn it back on and we hit. If we play like we did last week, it really doesn’t matter who we are paired up with.

No evidence for either of those statements, and probably both are false.

[MetEdDawg]

I don’t think you get it. Playing like shit knocked us down 3 spots which means had we gone two and Q we probably aren’t a national seed. The conference tournament mattered this year. We need to start playing like it does. Hopefully we can turn it back on and we hit. If we play like we did last week, it really doesn’t matter who we are paired up with.

I don't think you get it. No one, including myself, mentioned anything about our play in the conference tournament. People said we got a bad draw with Miami and a matchup with stanford in the supers. That is false. I said people who said that don't actually watch baseball games. That is true.

[Dawg2003]

We got a good draw. I'm happy with it. Glad we get to avoid a super with another SEC team.

[Dawg2003]

If the SEC Tournament mattered at all, it worked in our favor.

[mparkerfd20]

I absolutely love our draw and it sets us up nicely should we make Omaha. However, I don't think we come close to making it even.

[MarketingBully]

I absolutely love our draw and it sets us up nicely should we make Omaha. However, I don't think we come close to making it even.

So you love our draw but you don’t think we make Omaha? That doesn’t make sense.

[DownwardDawg]

I think we make it to Omaha now. I like the draw.

[tireddawg]

So you love our draw but you don?t think we make Omaha? That doesn?t make sense.

I like the draw but don't have a good feeling about Omaha(could just be gas). Parker is prob like me & worried about the team we've seen take the field lately. I'm just not convinced that Lemonis knows the right buttons to press. Like last year, it'll be up to the players. This doesnt mean I think Lemonis won't work out. Just the experience factor. I'll be there if we do make it, & hoping like hell I'll have to mortgage the tin box.

[MetEdDawg]

I like the draw but don't have a good feeling about Omaha(could just be gas). Parker is prob like me & worried about the team we've seen take the field lately. I'm just not convinced that Lemonis knows the right buttons to press. Like last year, it'll be up to the players. This doesnt mean I think Lemonis won't work out. Just the experience factor. I'll be there if we do make it, & hoping like hell I'll have to mortgage the tin box.

I agree. Winningest first year coach in the SEC. it's been a struggle all year to get to the 3rd most wins in the country. I'm not convinced he understands this team

[WPDawg]

Some of yall to need to relax and enjoy the game. Looks like we got a good draw and are not matched up with another SEC hosted regional. It has been a good year. We have had a few days off to prep and rest. We are hosting. Time to gear up and have some fun in playing for another opportunity to reach Omaha! Hail State!

[Cooterpoot]

Same pussies going to whine about not being a 3 seed, when we avoided SEC supers and got a good freaking draw. We get GA Tech in the CWS if the bracket holds true. That’s a damn fantastic draw.

[MedDawg]

We got a good draw. I'm happy with it. Glad we get to avoid a super with another SEC team.

Yeah, I'd rather face Stanford than Arkansas, LSU, or even OM. I like the draw, but my concern is we didn't hit well in the SEC tourney. We scored a bunch against USC and OM the two weekends before the SEC tourney, so we're probably fine.

Miami is the third highest RPI (#17) second seed to Tennessee and A&M. Miami seems to have done better on Fridays than Saturdays and Sundays. Hopefully they will pitch their #1 in their first game. If not, we shouldn't either, although I'd be ok with Ginn pitching against their #1.

But we got our wish and face a SWAC team in the first game. Pitch Brandon Smith!

[Rayburn8]

I like the draw but don't have a good feeling about Omaha(could just be gas). Parker is prob like me & worried about the team we've seen take the field lately. I'm just not convinced that Lemonis knows the right buttons to press. Like last year, it'll be up to the players. This doesnt mean I think Lemonis won't work out. Just the experience factor. I'll be there if we do make it, & hoping like hell I'll have to mortgage the tin box.

Literally the most impressive thing about Lemonis is he makes the right decision and presses the right buttons. The job he has done managing the DH spot this year was world class good. If you think Lemonis can’t press the right buttons or put the guys in the best position to win, you haven’t been watching the same team I have.

[SmokeyDawg]

I prefer our quadrant to the others. Rest up, lock in and win. That's all

[SmokeyDawg]

Literally the most impressive thing about Lemonis is he makes the right decision and presses the right buttons. The job he has done managing the DH spot this year was world class good. If you think Lemonis can?t press the right buttons or put the guys in the best position to win, you haven?t been watching the same team I have.

Add the assistants he has. We have what we need.

[shoeless joe]

Lordy mercy...lotta teeth gnashing over a great big nothing burger. Who cares about our seed...our draw is fantastic. Doesn’t mean we get out of our regional but I like what we got all the way to game 2 in Omaha.

But nobody know how it’ll play out. FSU prolly wasn’t overly concerned with their regional last year either.

[shoeless joe]

6-4-3

[MarketingBully]

Same pussies going to whine about not being a 3 seed, when we avoided SEC supers and got a good freaking draw. We get GA Tech in the CWS if the bracket holds true. That?s a damn fantastic draw.

I?m not a ***** just pissed about the morons saying last week didn?t mean anything when it obviously did. Personally, I think we will make Omaha regardless of who we played at the Dude. Our team is 32-5 at home and we can sweep through our regional and super regional and had we played well last week we?d of been 3 instead of 6.

[Commercecomet24]

Lordy mercy...lotta teeth gnashing over a great big nothing burger. Who cares about our seed...our draw is fantastic. Doesn’t mean we get out of our regional but I like what we got all the way to game 2 in Omaha.

But nobody know how it’ll play out. FSU prolly wasn’t overly concerned with their regional last year either.

Dead on accurate assessment of the whole thing!

[bgover4]

Lol, LSU drew Stony Brook again.

[PMDawg]

I'll be a little surprised if LSU or OM win their regional.

I dont think Stanford wins theirs either.

Central Michigan is probably our biggest threat. I think they beat Miami game 1.

[ScoobaDawg]

Same pussies going to whine about not being a 3 seed, when we avoided SEC supers and got a good freaking draw. We get GA Tech in the CWS if the bracket holds true. That?s a damn fantastic draw.


Exactly.. and then Vandy if we win the opening round of CWS. I'd love another shot at them, if we both can get there.

[WPDawg]

I?m not a ***** just pissed about the morons saying last week didn?t mean anything when it obviously did. Personally, I think we will make Omaha regardless of who we played at the Dude. Our team is 32-5 at home and we can sweep through our regional and super regional and had we played well last week we?d of been 3 instead of 6.

Ha. If you are looking for reasons to be pissed off, I guess you could use that. Must be a marketing data thing for you. But 99.9% of the Bulldog faithful are having a pretty good day. Hail State.

[MarketingBully]

I'll be a little surprised if LSU or OM win their regional.

I dont think Stanford wins theirs either.

Central Michigan is probably our biggest threat. I think they beat Miami game 1.

Agreed. Central Michigan is one of the hottest teams in the country.

[DawgFromOxford]

Other than just for the sake of saying we were ranked higher, is there any benefit to being a top 4 national seed? Or is it just for bragging rights? I personally like the matchups we have. I'm all for avoiding SEC teams until Omaha if we make it that far.

[HoopsDawg]

My thoughts exactly. They just look at the names and no absolutely nothing about the current teams

I like our draw, but Miami is a very good baseball team. They are the highest rated 2 seed by RPI other than the SEC teams.

[HoopsDawg]

Other than just for the sake of saying we were ranked higher, is there any benefit to being a top 4 national seed? Or is it just for bragging rights? I personally like the matchups we have. I'm all for avoiding SEC teams until Omaha if we make it that far.

Top 8 seed is all that matters.

[dantheman4248]

Way too many people in this thread looking at the #6 and not at who we play.

We’re on the easy side of the bracket and have one of the weakest 8 pods in the tourney. Great draw for us. They treated us like a top 3 team in everything but numbering our seed.

[Commercecomet24]

I like our draw, but Miami is a very good baseball team. They are the highest rated 2 seed by RPI other than the SEC teams.

Oh I agree. The way i look at it though once you get to post season, outside of a very few weak teams, everyone is good. Miami while talented is thin pitching. Central Michigan is gonna be a tough game for Miami in game 1.

[Mjoelner34]

Way too many people in this thread looking at the #6 and not at who we play.

We’re on the easy side of the bracket and have one of the weakest 8 pods in the tourney. Great draw for us. They treated us like a top 3 team in everything but numbering our seed.

https://i.imgflip.com/23v7zx.jpg

[tireddawg]

Literally the most impressive thing about Lemonis is he makes the right decision and presses the right buttons. The job he has done managing the DH spot this year was world class good. If you think Lemonis can’t press the right buttons or put the guys in the best position to win, you haven’t been watching the same team I have.

He's done some good things, no doubt & my intentions aren't to knock him. I just don't feel good about it, but I'm a nobody. Hope I'm wrong & I'll be in Omaha if we go. Will you?

[timotheus]

Other than just for the sake of saying we were ranked higher, is there any benefit to being a top 4 national seed? Or is it just for bragging rights? I personally like the matchups we have. I'm all for avoiding SEC teams until Omaha if we make it that far.

I agree sir. Did u blend in with the crowd at swayze on the saturday nite of our series with the sharks?

[The Federalist Engineer]

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Morgan Freeman is correct, we have a good regional and we don't play an SEC team again. I also think Stanford has their hands full. In Palo Alto, lawnmowers and dogs will make more noise than the crowd, anybody can win.

[DawgFromOxford]

I agree sir. Did u blend in with the crowd at swayze on the saturday nite of our series with the sharks?

Not a chance. I wear the Maroon and White proudly.

[Todd4State]

While I'm surprised that our National Seed was a little lower than I thought it would be- it doesn't matter. We essentially got the same draw that most said that they would be happy with.

We got the SWAC and HBCU World Series champ in Southern. That's big because we can save Small for Miami or CMU. Someone like Jacksonville State and we probably have to err on the side of caution and throw Small.

We got the MAC champ who while they are a hot team that is not a very strong baseball conference.

We got a solid ACC team with a good history.

This draw reminds me of 2016 when we got Fullerton, La Tech, and SEMO State. Probably a little bit easier draw though this time around.

And then we are matched up across the Stanford regional. I could see someone like Cal Santa Barbara winning that. Small ball teams are going to have a hard time against Small and Ginn. If you are a small ball team you do not want to see a power arm that can overpower most of your lineup. Those teams want to put the ball and play and wait for a mistake or force you into one with aggressive baserunning. When they strike out- you take that away from them.

[Todd4State]

Morgan Freeman is correct, we have a good regional and we don't play an SEC team again. I also think Stanford has their hands full. In Palo Alto, lawnmowers and dogs will make more noise than the crowd, anybody can win.

I'm very happy that we don't have to play LSU before the CWS. Really the most important thing this team needs to do at a minimum is make it to Omaha again. Matching up across another SEC team makes that more difficult for us.

[BuckyIsAB****]

I am so excited to get to go to a NCAA tournament game at the New Dude